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Girls  and  Young  Women 

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NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  THE  YppNG 
WOMEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATIONS 
600  LEXINGTON  AVE.,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


1916 


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WRITTEN   BY 

Anna  M.  Clark,  Secretary  Town  and  Country  Work  for  the 

Young  Women's   Christian  Associations   of  the 

Northeastern  Field. 

Assisted  by: 

Margaret  O'Connell,  Secretary  Town  and  Country 
Work  for  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Associa- 
tions in  the  North  Central  Field. 

Maude  Trego,  Secretary  Town  and  Country  Work 
for  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Associations  in 
the   Central   Field. 

Anna  Seaburg,  Secretary  Large  Towns  for  the  Na- 
tional Board  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciations. 

Marguerite  Shepard,  General  Secretary  of  the  West- 
field,  New  York,  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. 


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CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Preface    5 

Suggestions  for  Leadership 7 

Forming   a    Group 9 

Survey   10 

Constitution 12 

Community  Service 15 

Program   Helps 16 

Sources   of   Information 17 

Bibliography    21 


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The  Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  through  its 
field  offices,  is  constantly  receiving  requests  for  information 
and  help  in  organizing  work  for  young  women.  These  re- 
quests come  from  small  villages  and  open  country,  as  well  as 
large  towns  and  cities.  The  policy  of  the  National  Board  is 
to  organize  only  after  careful  preliminary  investigation, 
under  the  direction  of  a  field  secretary.  This  has  been  found 
necessary  in  order  that  leadership  and  financial  support,  suf- 
ficient to  assure  the  permanency  of  the  work,  may  be  se- 
cured. The  preliminary  work  requires  time.  Some  times  it 
is  necessary  for  a  community  to  wait  several  months  be- 
fore a   field   secretary  can   make   a  visit   there. 

The  purpose  of  this  manual  is  to  give  suggestions  that 
will  be  a  help  to  any  leader  or  group  of  young  women  wish- 
ing to  organize.  Following  the  plan  here  suggested,  a  group 
of  girls  in  a  town  where  there  cannot  at  this  time  be  a  Young 
Women's  Christian  Association,  may  have  meetings  which 
will  be  helpful  to  themselves  and  will  contribute  to  the  com- 
munity life. 

The  permanent  form  of  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation work  which  meets  the  needs  of  small  communities  is 
the  organized  county  Association,  with  a  trained  young  wo- 
man as  the  county  secretary,  helping  and  leading  in  work 
with  the  girls  of  the  towns  and  the  country  neighborhoods 
of  the  county;  discovering,  enlisting  and  training  local  lead- 


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the  newest  form  of  Young  Women's  Christian  Association 
work,  it  is  proving  successful  wherever  it  has  been  estab- 
lished. If  there  is  interest  in  your  county  in  making  a  work 
of  this  kind  possible,  you  can  secure  further  information 
in  regard  to  the  steps  necessary  by  writing  to  the  field  of- 
fice for  the  State  in  which  you  live. 

FIELD   OFFICES   OF   THE   YOUNG   WOMEN'S 
CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATIONS 

Northeastern  Field  (New  England,  New  York  and  New 
Jersey)   Office — 600  Lexington  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Delaware,  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania  Field,  Office — 630 
Witherspoon   Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

South  Atlantic  Field  (Florida,  Georgia,  North  and  South 
Carolina,  Virginia)  Office — 806  Virginia  Railway  and 
Power   Building,   Richmond,  Virginia. 

Ohio  and  West  Virginia  Field,  Office — 1211  First  National 
Bank  Building,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

South  Central  Field  (Alabama,  Arkansas,  Kentucky,  Louisi- 
ana, Mississippi,  Missouri,  Tennessee)  Office — 1411  Lo- 
cust Street,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Central  Field  (Illinois,  Indiana,  Michigan,  Wisconsin)  Of- 
fice— 58  East  Washington  Street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

North  Central  Field  (Iowa,  Minnesota,  Nebraska,  North  and 
South  Dakota)  Office — 412  Flour  Exchange  Building, 
Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 

West  Central  Field  (Colorado,  Kansas,  Utah,  Wyoming) 
Office — 322   McClintock  Building,   Denver,   Colorado. 

Southwestern  Field  (New  Mexico,  Oklahoma  and  Texas) 
Office — 512  Sumpter  Building,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Northwestern  Field  (Idaho,  Montana,  Oregon,  Washington) 
Office — Fifth  Avenue  and  Seneca  Street,  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington. 

Pacific  Coast  Field  (Arizona,  California,  Nevada)  Office — 
319  Russ   Building,  San   Francisco,  California. 


SUGGESTIONS    FOR    LEADERSHIP 

The  first  need  of  any  community  is  wise  leadership,  and 
if  such  can  be  found  a  club  may  be  started.  In  many  places 
there  are  often  young  women  of  latent  power  who  do  not 
know  how  to  lead  because  they  have  never  tried.  These 
persons  should  begin  without  fear  and  grow  through  the 
experience.  For  the  help  of  such,  the  following  principles 
are   laid   down. 

Knowledge  and  intense  sympathy  with  (not  for)  girls  is 
the  first  requisite,  for  a  "leader  is  merely  the  foremost  com- 
panion," and  unless  she  feels  herself  very  near  to  the  hearts 
of  the  girls,  she  cannot  put  her  ideals  and  hopes  into  them. 
The  suggestion  of  "Let's  do"  always  carries  farther  than  "I 
want  you  to  do."  Lincoln  understood  this  power,  and  Christ 
is  the  most  wonderful  example  of  it. 

Sympathy  alone  carries  one  along  on  a  dead  level.  There 
must  be  a  need  felt  deeply.  It  is  not  enough  to  say  "Mary 
needs  something,"  but  "Mary  needs  this  one  thing."  A  sur- 
vey is  given  in  another  part  of  this  leaflet  which  will  help 
the  leader  see  clearly  what  she  may  have  felt  vaguely.  The 
need  may  be  to  feel  the  dignity  of  common  labor  when  well 
done,  and  to  have  some  training  towards  self-support.  It 
may  be  that  the  whole  town  needs  a  more  wholesome  recre- 
ational life,  and  the  girls'  wider  interests  and  more  open 
minds  in  trying  new  things  eagerly  and  hopefully.  The  girls 
may  be  ignorant  of  some  of  the  simple  laws  of  health.  A 
finer  and  truer  relationship  may  be  needed  between  the  girl 
and  her  home,  school  or  office,  so  that  she  shall  no  longer 
be  a  detached  individual  but  be  ready  to  take  her  place 
and  contribute  to  her  community. 

The  leader  should  set  to  work  to  fill  the  most  pressing 
lack,  and  as  her  knowledge  grows,  new  needs  and  new  ways 
of  meeting  them  will  present  themselves.  Purpose  must  be 
backed  not  by  wishing  but  by  willing.  The  people  who  suc- 
ceed are  those  who  hold  true  to  their  ideals  with  enthusiasm 


and  at  all  costs,  but  who  realize  that  accomplishment  is  al- 
ways a  matter  of  time  and  that  one  must  often  wait  as  one 
works. 

A  real  leader  works  hard  herself,  but  also  knows  how  to 
make  each  person  in  the  group  do  her  share;  she  gives  each 
the  tasks  she  can  do  best,  so  that  everyone  has  some  part  in 
the  whole  plan.  There  are  some  girls  who  bloom  suddenly 
into  animation  when  tea  is  to  be  poured;  others  enjoy  keep- 
ing accounts,  or  planning  a  day's  program,  while  to  certain 
girls  it  is  the  highest  joy  to  teach  a  Bible  class.  The  hopeful 
fact  is  that  all  these  girls  live  in  the  same  community.  It  is 
the  leader's  task  to  fit  each  into  her  special  place  and  to 
make  many  different  kinds  of  girls  work  without  friction. 
This  is  a  great  art,  but  once  fix  a  purpose  outside  of  per- 
sonal interest,  something  for  which  the  whole  group  can 
unite,  and  the  battle  is  almost  won. 

The  leader  should  always  have  a  very  clear  cut  idea  of 
what  she  wants  to  do,  and  should  know  her  group  well  be- 
fore she  attempts  any  project,  so  that  she  will  be  sure  that 
enough  girls  are  ready  to  follow  to  assure  the  success  of  the 
scheme.  Many  a  delightful  plan  fails  because  not  enough 
of  the  group  are  in  sympathy  with  the  leader. 

Every  leader  should  have  a  sympathetic  interest  and  be  in 
touch  with  all  the  churches  and  other  organizations  of  the 
community.  It  is  this  wide  interest  and  spirit  of  service  that 
makes  club  work  of  real  value,  for  there  is  nothing  that  binds 
girls  together  more  firmly  than  working  for  something  defin- 
nite,  outside  personal,  selfish  interest  and  concretely  near  at 
hand. 

Lastly,  the  vision  which  comes  with  love  and  purpose  must 
be  clear  and  the  will  that  accomplishes  so  strong,  that  the 
leader  will  be  able  to  go  on  steadily  in  spite  of  failure  and 
discouragement.  It  is,  after  all,  the  long  term  effort  that 
brings  forth  results  in  the  lives  of  the  girls  and  communities. 
"Place  and  privilege  is  always  a  challenge  to  service.  It 
ought  not  to  be  looked  upon  as  a  burdensome  responsibility, 


but  as  a  fine  opportunity."  Every  club  leader  should  ask 
herself  how  the  club  work  can  be  a  real  force  in  the  lives  of 
all  the  girls,  and  how  the  girls,  as  a  group,  can  make  them- 
selves felt  for  righteousness  in  the  community.  This  ideal 
of  service  will  determine  the  details  of  the  program. 


FORMING  A  GROUP 

The  two  ideals  before  one  who  undertakes  to  organize  a 
girls'  club  should  be  unity  and  democracy.  A  unit  is  much 
more  easily  discovered  than  made.  It  is  hard  to  take  a  col- 
lection of  girls  who  are  strangers  to  each  other,  or  indiffer- 
ent to  each  other,  or  antagonistic  to  each  other,  and  form 
them  into  a  club,  though  it  is  not  entirely  impossible  to  do 
this,  provided  there  is  a  strong  enough  interest  common  to 
them  all  to  make  them  lose  sight  of  the  separating  element. 

But  a  much  more  stable  and  vital  organization  can  be  ef- 
fected if  the  nucleus  of  the  club  consists  of  a  group  of  friends. 
Even  a  clique  is  not  to  be  despised.  Given  a  group  of  girls 
bound  loyally  and  affectionately  to  each  other,  and  a  real 
leader  who  can  lure  them  on  toward  higher  ideals,  then  true 
democracy,  that  is,  a  gradual  opening  of  the  doors  to  include 
even  those  "not  in  our  set,"  is  a  possible  thing. 

SUGGESTIONS  FOR  THE  USE  OF  A  SURVEY 

The  purpose  of  a  survey  is  not  for  prying,  but  for  a  defin- 
ite focus  on  facts,  "getting  one's  range,"  so  that  there  shall 
be  neither  haziness  of  aim  nor  waste  of  energy. 

A  knowledge  of  facts  often  shifts  one's  idea  of  need  and 
reveals  the  necessity  for  vitalizing  old  institutions  rather 
than   creating  new  ones. 

There  must  be  a  preliminary  survey  preparatory  to  start- 
ing clubs,  but  as  the  work  proceeds,  the  survey  must  be 
adapted  to  the  changing  thought  and  action  in  the  commu- 


nity.     Persons  having  special  information  may  study  along 
their  line  of  interest  and  report  to  the  survey  committee. 

Each  place  is  a  different  puzzle,  and  the  life  and  ambitions 
of  girls  are  always  more  or  less  colored  by  the  influence 
peculiar  to  each  locality,  so  that  one  must  never  generalize. 
There  are  always  two  opposing  views,  and  it  is  unfair  to  look 
at  a  town  from  either  angle.  It  may  be  a  help  to  make  one's 
report  in  a  double  column,  showing  the  helpful  and  harmful 
aspects,  with  a  third  column  of  suggestions  that  come  to 
mind  as  one  faces  the  problem.  The  best  expression  of  the 
findings  is  definite  action  for  the  betterment  or  development 
of  conditions. 


SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION  FOR  THE  SURVEY 

I.    Direct    conversation    with    girls    and    young    women. 

II.     Private  inquiry  of  employers,  teachers,  pastors   and 
parents. 

III.  Report  of  public  officials. 

IV.  Study  of  methods  and  successes  and  failures  of  other 

town    organizations. 

SURVEY  FOR  A  TOWN 
General 

1.  Population   of   town.     Number    of   girls    between    15 

and  30  years  of  age. 

2.  Different  nationalities   represented.     If   any  one   na- 

tionality predominates,  which  is  it?  Is  there  any 
section  of  the  town  occupied  principally  by  one 
nationality  or  race? 

3.  Number  of  occupations  open  to  women.    Number  of 

women  employed  outside  of  their  homes.  State 
how  many  girls  are  employed  in  each  of  the  fol- 
lowing: 

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Teaching,  including  music  teachers;  clerks  in 
stores;  telephone  operators;  stenographers 
and  bookkeepers;  factories,  hotels,  restau- 
rants; dressmaking;  milliners;  domestic 
service. 

Discover  for  each  group  how  many  have  homes  in 
town. 

4-     Organizations  for  women  and  girls.    Give  names  of 

clubs  including  whether  their  purpose  is  literary, 

social,  civic,  or  philanthropic,  telling  names  of  pres- 
ident and  number  of  members.  Make  separate 
list  of  lodges  and  also  of  church  organizations. 
How  many  of  these  organizations  have  in  their 
membership  girls  between  15  and  25?  What  or- 
ganizations, if  any,  are  there  whose  membership 
is  made   up  exclusively  of  girls? 

Educational 

1.  Educational  institutions  in  town  with  number  of 
girls  attending.  Number  of  girls  in  high  school. 
What  percentage  of  girls  finishing  the  eighth 
grade  within  the  last  three  years  have  entered  the 
high  school?  Give  for  each  year  separately  if  you 
can.  What  are  the  girls  doing  who  did  not  go  on 
to  high  school?  How  many  girls  from  the  high 
school  have  gone  to  college  during  the  last  three 
years?  What  determined  the  others  not  to  go? 
What  work  have  they  taken  up?  (Get  the  school 
superintendent  or  high  school  principal  to  help  you 
in  getting  these  figures.)  Is  there  a  library  in 
town?  How  many  volumes?  Open  how  much  of 
the  time?  Does  the  town  have  a  lecture  course 
during  the  season?  A  Chautauqua  in  the  summer? 
What  occasions  during  the  year  attract  the  largest 
number  of  people  to  your  town? 

Social  and  Recreational 

1.  How  much  social  life  and  recreation  is  furnished  by 
the  churches  of  the  town?  By  the  schools?  Are 
there  groups  not  touched  by  either  of  these? 
Where  do  they  find  their  social  life? 

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2.  How  many  moving  picture  houses  in  town?  What 
would  you  say  of  the  character  of  the  films  shown? 
What  is  the  average  attendance  in  a  week  at  one 
of  these  places?  How  many  dance  halls?  Skating 
rinks?  Gymnasiums  in  town?  How  much  are 
they  used?  Is  any  organization  making  a  definite 
effort  to  encourage  out-door  activities  for  young 
people? 


Religious 


1.  Number  of  churches  in  town,  giving  denominations. 
Name  of  pastor  and  approximate  membership. 
How  many  Sunday  school  classes  are  there  made 
up  of  girls  between  15  and  25  years?  What  is  the 
total  membership?  How  many  of  the  churches 
have  active  young  people's  organizations?.  Is 
there  a  city  union  of  young  people  or  any  other 
inter-denominational  plan   for   working  together? 


SUGGESTED   CONSTITUTION 

Article  I.    Name  and  Purpose 

Section  1.  This  organization  shall  be  called  the  Young 
Women's  Club  of  (name  of  town). 

Section  2.  The  purpose  of  this  organization  shall  be  to  unite 
the  young  women  and  girls  of  (name  of  town)  in  Chris- 
tian friendliness  and  service. 

Article  II.    Membership 

Section  1.    Any  girl  or  young  woman  at  least  years  of 

age,   who   is    in    sympathy   with   the   purpose    of   the   club, 
is  eligible  to  membership. 

Section  2.  Any  young  woman  may  become  a  member  on  the 
payment  of  the  required  fee,  after  her  name  has  been 
proposed  by  the  membership  committee  and  she  has  been 

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elected  by  a  majority  of  the  membership  present,  at  a 
regular  meeting. 

Section  3.  The  membership  dues  shall  be  (amount)  a  year, 
and  shall  be  payable  (date).  Only  paid-up  members 
shall  be  entitled  to  vote  and  hold  office. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  member  to  co-operate 
heartily  in  carrying  out  the  purpose  of  the  organization. 

Article  III.    Officers 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  this  organization  shall  be  a  presi- 
dent, vice-president,  a  secretary,  and  a  treasurer.  They 
shall  be  elected  by  ballot  in  (date)  and  shall  serve  one 
year,  or  until  their   successors   are   elected. 

Section  2.  The  officers  of  the  organization,  together  with  the 
chairmen  of  standing  committees,  shall  constitute  the 
council.  This  council  shall  meet  regularly,  at  least  bi- 
weekly, and  may  also  have  special  meetings  at  the  call 
of  the  president. 

Section  3.  The  president  shall  preside  at  all  business  meet- 
ings of  the  organization  and  of  the  council.  She  shall 
appoint  the  standing  committees  and  such  others  as  may 
be  needed.  She  shall  hold  all  chairmen  responsible  for 
the  work  of  their  respective  committees,  and  the  devel- 
opment of  efficiency  upon  the  part  of  their  members. 
She  shall  be  ex-officio.  a  member  of  all  committees. 

Section  4.  The  vice-president  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the 
president  in  her  absence. 

Section  5.  The  secretary  shall  keep  full  minutes  of  all  meet- 
ings and  all  records  of  the  organization,  including  a 
complete  list  of  members. 

Section  6.  The  treasurer  shall  have  charge  of  the  funds  of 
the  organization  under  the  direction  of  the  council,  and 
shall  keep  a  written  record  and  give  an  accurate  account 
of  all  receipts  and  expenditures. 

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Article  IV.    Committees 

Section  1.  The  membership  committee  shall  help  to  interest 
all  the  girls  in  the  community  in  the  club,  explain  the 
purpose  of  the  club  to  applicants  and  recommend  eligible 
candidates  for  membership;  it  shall  also  keep  in  touch 
with  sick  or  absent  members. 

Section  2.  The  meetings  committee  shall  have  charge  of  all 
meetings,  and,  aided  by  the  suggestions  of  the  president 
and  council,  shall  secure  leaders,  suggest  subjects,  select 
suitable  music,  and  arrange  other  details  necessary  for 
the  meeting. 

Section  3.  The  social  committee  shall  plan  a  social  program 
for  the  organization,  having  as  its  aim  the  uniting  of 
all  young  women  of  the  town  in  Christian  fellowship. 

Section  4.  The  finance  committee  shall  devise  and  carry  into 
execution  plans  for  raising  money  and  shall  audit  all 
bills. 

Section  5.  Special  committees  may  be  appointed  as  they  are 
found  necessary  (i.  e.,  "Community  Service"  and  "Recre- 
ation and  Athletics"). 

Section  6.  Each  of  the  standing  committees  shall  hold  a 
monthly  meeting  for  the  promotion  of  the  work  in  its 
care. 

Article  V.    Business  Meetings 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  organi- 
zation in  (date)  for  the  presentation  of  all  reports,  and 
the  election  of  officers. 

Section  2.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  president 
at  any  time.  Regular  business  may  be  transacted  at  the 
weekly  or   monthly  meetings. 

Section  3.    members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

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Article  VI.    Amendments 

Notice  of  proposed  amendments  to  this  constitution  shall  be 
given  at  a  previous  regular  meeting,  and  shall  require 
for  their  adoption  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members 
present. 

Note — In  case  the  club  wishes  to  look  forward  to  becoming  a  part  of 
a  county  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  at  some  future  time,  and 
thus  a  part  of  the  National  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  of  the 
United  States,  it  would  be  necessary  to  have  the  fundamental  purpose 
of  the  club  in  harmony  with  the  general  purpose  of  the  county  Associa- 
tion, which  is:  "To  unite  the  young  women  of  the  county  in  personal 
loyalty  to  Jesus  Christ  as  Savior  and  Lord,  and  to  help  them  to  grow  like 
Him,  strong,  true  and  unselfish,  with  a  genuine  appreciation  of  every- 
thing good  and  beautiful  around  them;  that  they  may  be  truly  friendly, 
serving  their  community,  entering  gladly  into  the  life  of  their  church, 
sharing  with  others,  near  and  far,  the  joy  of  Christ  Himself." 

And,  in  this  case,  the  leadership  should  be  in  the  hands  of  those 
already  committed  to  this  purpose  as  members  of  churches  eligible  to 
membership  in  the  Federal  Council  of  Churches  in  America.  A  list 
of  such  churches  can  be  had  from  the  National  Board  of  the  Young 
Women's    Christian    Association,    on    request. 


COMMUNITY  SERVICE 

There  is  a  new  emphasis  on  social  service  to-day,  for  we 
are  realizing  as  never  before  the  brotherhood  of  men,  and 
the  truth  that  every  act  of  ours  affects  our  neighbor.  Mrs. 
Brown  may  study  sanitation  and  guard  carefully  her  chil- 
dren's health,  but  she  cannot  prevent  Mary  from  catching 
typhoid  fever  if  the  water  supply  is  polluted  by  the  careless- 
ness of  the  Block  family  in  another  part  of  the  town.  This 
spirit  of  brotherhood  is  also  making  for  a  keener  sense  of 
justice.  We  no  longer  give  at  random  and  without  thought, 
which  method  often  resulted  in  some  people  having  too  much 
and  others  too  little,  but  we  unite  the  charities  of  our  towns 
so  that  the  burden  which  rests  too  heavily  on  some  is  equally 
distributed. 

We   are    learning   to    look    for    causes,    rather    than    waiting 

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till  the  trouble  has  gone  so  far  that  it  is  hopeless.  We  have 
anti-tuberculosis  campaigns  in  order  that  we  may  reduce  the 
number  of  hospitals.  We  have  trade  schools  and  courses  in 
domestic  art  and  business  methods  so  that  our  boys  and  girls 
may  be  trained  for  useful  work. 

What  can  a  group  of  young  women  in  a  town  do  that  will 
be  truly  community  service?*  First  of  all  they  can  study 
their  town  so  that  they  see  it  as  a  whole.  They  may  discover 
after  this  study  that  there  are  a  number  of  clubs  in  the  town 
having  varying  purposes  but  unfamiliar  each  with  what  the 
others  are  doing.  Suppose  the  girls  should  plan  a  meeting, 
perhaps  a  supper,  where  one  or  two  representatives  of  each 
woman's  organization  in  town  should  come  together,  and 
after  the  good  things  have  been  disposed  of,  each  should  tell 
in  turn  the  purpose  of  her  organization  and  something  of 
its  program  for  the  year.  Would  it  not  be  easy  after  this 
bird's-eye  view  of  what  the  women  of  the  town  are  doing, 
for  the  leader  or  speaker  to  tell  of  some  phase  of  community 
work  showing  how  the  different  things  that  they  are  now 
doing  can  be  related? 

This  is  only  one  way  of  getting  together.  Many  others  will 
suggest  themselves,  such  as  community  Christmas  trees,  pa- 
geants, Sunday  school  conferences,  and  other  rallies.  The 
end  and  aim  is  the  friendliness  that  comes  with  working  to- 
gether for  the  whole  town,  the  sense  of  justice  and  brother- 
hood that  makes  every  class  of  people  work  together  for  the 
common  good,  and  the  will  to  prevent,  rather  than  to  try  to 
cure  wrong. 


PROGRAM   HELPS 

Pamphlets  containing  suggestive  club  programs  may  be 
obtained  from  the  National  Board,  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Association,  600  Lexington  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

•Read  "Civic  Improvement  in  the   Little  Towns,"  by   Zona   Gale. 

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Secondary  School  Girl  Work — Eliza  Butler,   10  cents. 

Eight  Week  Club  Manual,  contains  practical  suggestions 

for  small  groups,  10  cents. 
Eight  Week  Clubs  for  Immigrant  Girls,  10  cents. 

Girls'  Work — Gertrude  Griffith,  10  cents. 

"Federation  of  Industrial  and  Extension  Clubs,"  15  cents. 

"Reports  of  Industrial  Club  Councils — 1915,"  25  cents. 

Contains  hosts  of  practical  suggestions  for  constructive 
work  in  large  gatherings  as  well  as  in  individual 
club  meetings. 

Girl  Guardian  Manual — Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Minneapolis,  5  cents. 

The  Club  Woman's  Handy  Book  of  Programs  and  Club 
Management — Kate  L.   Roberts — Funk  &  Wagnalls. 

First    Aid    for    Club    Women — Caroline    Benton — Dana 
Estes  &  Company. 

SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION 

Russell  Sage  Foundation,  130  East  22nd  Street,  New  York. 
This  is  a  research  laboratory  on  social  questions  with 
departments  in : 

Charity  Organization 
Child  Helping 
Education 
Recreation 
Remedial  Loans 
Surveys  and  Exhibits 
Women's  Work 

Extension  Departments   of   State  Universities  and  Agricul- 
tural Colleges. 

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State  Board  of  Health  at  State  Capitol. 
State  Library. 

State  Schools  and  Colleges  for  information  on  forestry,  pro- 
tection of  birds,  etc. 

Federal  Departments  in  Washington,  D.  C,  including: 

Education 
Agriculture 
Children's  Bureau 
Labor 
Immigration 

International  Sunday  School  Association,  1416  Mailers  Build- 
ing, Chicago,  Illinois. 

National  League  for  Women  Workers,  35  East  30th  Street, 
New  York. 

National   Playground  Association,  1   Madison  Avenue,  New- 
York. 

Camp  Fire  Girls  of  America,  461  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York. 

Red  Cross  Society,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Motion  Pictures 

Community  Motion  Pictures  Bureau,  41  Huntington 
Avenue,  Boston,  Massachusetts  (furnishes  films  and 
machines). 

Educational  Moving  Pictures : 

Mrs.  Carter,  4th  Avenue  and  33rd  Street,  New  York. 

General   Film   Company,    Educational   Department,   71 
West  23rd  Street,  New  York  City. 

Civics 

American  Civic  Association,  Union  Trust  Building, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

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Ford  Hall,  Boston,  Massachusetts  (will  furnish  speakers 
and  plans  for  open  forum  meetings). 

David  C.  Cook  Publishing  Company,  Elgin,  Illinois — 
Club  Pins. 

Dennison  Manufacturing  Company,  15  John  Street,  New 
York — Crepe  Paper,  Rope  Work. 

Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  600  Lexington 
Avenue,  New  York — Commission  on  Thrift,  Savings 
Systems. 

Association  Press,  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
124  East  28th   Street,  New  York. 

Publication  Department,  Young  Women's  Christian  As- 
sociation, 600  Lexington  Avenue,  New  York. 

Drama  League  of  America,  736  Marquette  Building, 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

For  productions  of  famous  pictures,  persons  and  places  send 
to— 

Perry  Picture  Company,  Maiden,  Massachusetts. 
George  P.  Brown  &  Company,  Beverly,  Massachusetts. 
The  Coply  Prints,  Coply  Square,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
The  Mentor,  52  East  19th  Street,  New  York. 

Publications  from  Audubon  Society  (Birds),  141  Broadway, 
New  York. 

Bird  Lore,  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania   (bird  leaflets). 

Music  Publishers 

Ditson,  150  Tremont  Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Schirmer,  3  East  43rd  Street,  New  York. 

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National  Educational  Association 

Durand  W.   Springer,  Secretary,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan. 

Extension     Division,     University     of     Wisconsin,     Madison, 
Wisconsin 

Bulletins   on   Social   Centers. 

Health 

American  Medical  Association,  535  North  Dearborn 
Street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

State  Boards  of  Health  of  Michigan,  Illinois,  Ohio, 
Florida,  New  York. 

New  York  City  Board  of  Health. 

Chicago  Board  of  Health. 

National  Cash  Register  Company,  Dayton,  Ohio — good 
leaflets. 

Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company,  1  Madison  Ave., 
New  York — good  leaflets. 

Organizations  Affecting  Industry 

American  Association  for  Labor  Legislation — organiza- 
tion of  professors,  business  men  and  labor  leaders, 
who  are  working  for  constructive  legislation,  131  East 
23rd  Street,  New  York.    Achievements — 

Workmen's  Compensation  Acts 
Occupational  Diseases 
Unemployment 
Health  Insurance. 

National  Child  Labor  Committee,  105  East  22nd  Street, 
New  York — send  bulletins  of  latest  development  of 
Child  Labor. 

National  Consumers'  League,  6  East  39th  Street,  New 
York. 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

About  Girls 

Leaders   of  Girls — Espey $  .75 

Corner   Stone   of  Education — Lyttleton 

Young  Working  Girls — Woods  &  Kennedy 60c.  &  1.00 

Girl  and  Her  Chance — Daniels : 50 

The  Girl  in  Her  Teens — Slattery 50 

Talks  with  the  Training  Class — Slattery 25 

Vocations   for  the   Trained  Woman — Woman's   In- 
dustrial Union,  Boston 60 

Vocations  for  Girls — Laselle  &  Wiley 85 

About  Towns 

The  Country  Town — Anderson 1.00 

Improvement  of  Towns  and  Cities — Robinson 1.25 

Village   Improvement — Farwell 1.00 

Making  of   a  Town — McVey 1.00 

Civic  Improvement  in  the  Little  Towns — Gale „25 

Beauty  for  Ashes — Bacon 1.50 

Church  in  the  Country  Town — Bemies 15 

Community  Study  for  Country  Districts — Taft -35 

'Teens  and  the  Rural  Sunday  School — Alexander...     .50 
The  Country  Church  and  the  Rural  Problem — But- 

terfield 1.08 

Educational  Resources  of  Village  and  Rural  Com- 
munities— Hart .- 1.00 

Rural  Church  Message — Men  and  Religion  Forward 

Movement ,.  1.00 

The    Country   Life    Movement — Bailey 60 

On  the  Trail  of  the  Immigrant — Steiner 1.50 

Immigrant  Forces — Shriver 50 

Newer  Ideals  of  Peace — Addams 1.25 

Community    Civics — Field-Nearing 60 

Recreation 

Games  for  Playground,  Home,  School  and  Gymna- 
sium— Bancroft 1.50 

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Neighborhood    Entertainments— Stern 1.00 

Festivals  and  Plays — Chubb 2.00 

Folk    Festivals— Needham 1.25 

Play  in  Education — Lee 

Wider  Use  of  School  Plant— Perry 1.25 

Play  and  Recreation  in  a  Town  of  6,000— Recrea- 
tion   Survey   of   Ipswich,    Mass.— Knight— Russell 

Sage  Foundation 25 

Sources  of  Information  on  Recreation — Hammer 
and  Knight— Russell  Sage  Foundation,  130  East 
22nd  Street,  New  York,  containing  lists  of  books 
on  :  Play-grounds  ;  social  centers ;  boys'  and  girls' 
clubs;  recreation  in  rural  communities;  games 
and  dramatics;  athletics,  sports;  folk  dancing; 
story  telling;  holidays,  festivals  and  pageants; 
school  gardens;  homes  and  recreation  surveys  .10 
Group  Athletics  for  Girls — Russell  Sage  Foundation  .03 
Athletic  Badge  Tests  for  Girls — Playground  and 
Recreation   Association   of   America,   N.  Y.  C Free 

Six  Weeks  With  Women  Leaders 

Louisa    May  Alcott — Moses 1.25 

Story  of   My  Girlhood — 'Clara   Barton 50 

Story  of  the  Red  Cross — Clara  Barton...'. 1.00 

Life  of  E.  B.  Brown — Ingram 1.00 

Life  of  Frances    Willard — Wits 50 

Life  of  Alice   Freeman    Palmer — Palmer 1.50 

Life  of  Mary  Lyon — Gilchrist 1.50 

The  Story  of  My  Life— Helen  Keller 1.50 

Twenty  Years  at  Hull  House — Jane  Addams 2.50 

Queen    Victoria — Fawcett. 1.00 

A  New  England  Girlhood — Larcom 75 

From   My  Youth  Up— Sangster 1.50 

Life   of   Ellen   Richards — Hunt 1.50 

Life  of  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe — Crow 1.25 

Grace  H.  Dodge— Association  Monthly,  March,  1915    .25 

Note — If   preferred,   any   of   the   following   books   by   Sarah   K. 
Bolton  may  be  used  instead  of  the  books  listed  above: 

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Girls  Who  Became  Famous 1.50 

Famous  Leaders  Among  Women 75 

Famous  Types   of  Womanhood 75 

Nature  Study 

The    Friendly   Stars— Martin 1.25 

Astronomy  from  a  Dipper — Clarke 60 

How  to  Know  the  Wild  Flowers — Dana 2.00 

Camp    Cooking — Kephart 70c.  and  1.50 

A   Guide   to   the   Trees — Lounsberry 1.90  and  2.50 

Field  Birds  and  Their  Music— Matthews. ..  .2-00  and  2.50 

Music 

Victrola  Opera  Book 

Fellowship  Hymns — Association  Press 45 

The  Family  Music  Book — G.  Schirmer 1.00 

Home   Economics 

Home    Furnishing — Kellogg 1.60 

From  Kitchen  to  Garret — Vandewater 1.00 

Sewing    Course — Woolman 1.50 

Religious   Education 

Out  of  Doors  in  the  Bible— Cutler 15 

Christian    Citizenship   for    Girls — Thoburn 25 

Suggestions   to   Leaders 10 

School    Girl    Ideals— Butler-Rider 10 

Questions  for*^a  Young  Woman  of  Today — 

McCulloch 10 

Women    of   Ancient    Israel — Adams 25c  and    .40 

Jesus    Among   His    Friends— Cutler 15 

Jesus  the  Man   of  Galilee— Slack 30c  and    .60 

The  Manhood  of  the  Master— Fosdick 50 

The    Parables    of   Jesus — Russell 20c  and    .40 

The   Meaning  of   Prayer — Fosdick 50 

Daily   Bible    Readings — Adams 05 

The  Inch   Library — series   of  nine  leaflets 50 

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